Ultravox and The Beatles feature in list of best number two hits

ULTRAVOX hit Vienna was hailed as an honorary chart-topper after being named the nation’s favourite number two single.

ULTRAVOX hit Vienna was hailed as an honorary chart-topper after being named the nation’s favourite number two single.

The single triumphed in a national poll by Radio 2 and the Official Charts Company to find the greatest track to narrowly miss out on the top slot.

Vienna was held off number one by novelty track Shaddup You Face by US-born Australian Joe Dolce.

The Beatles’ double A-side Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever was seventh in the chart.

It was held off the top spot by Release Me by Englebert Humperdinck in 1967.

Ultravox frontman Midge Ure said: “We are extremely pleased and very humbled to have been given this honorary number one, especially knowing the outstanding records which were also in the running – Strawberry Fields, Hound Dog and Wonderwall to name just a few.

“It has restored our faith in the idea that the public will always recognise the good in music, and that this song has proved this.”

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